Safe-keeping device for wearing-apparel.



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SAFEKEEPING DEVICE FOR WEARING APPAREL.

W f i vice is not in use.

' Unrrnn raras .maar arrete.

WILHELM SCHALLER, OF

XVIESBADEN, GERMANY.

SAFEHKEEPING DEVICE FOR WEAREN G=APPAREL.

SPECEFEGATIEON forming' part 0f Letters Fatemi No. 678,694, dated July16, 1901.

Application filed October l, 1900.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILHELM SOHALLER, a subject of the Emperor' ofGermany,'residing at the city of lViesbaden, Empire ot' Germany, haveinvented a new and useful Improved Safe-Keepin g Device forlVearing-Apparehof which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for locking wearing-apparel when not inuse to clothesracks, dsc., to prevent the easy appropriation by othersof such articles.

The device is especially useful in hotels, clothes-rooms ofmeeting-halls, bath-houses, dac. i

Myinvention will be more fully understood taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,forming part hereof, and in which Figure l is afront elevation of the device, showing the housing, the key, and theopening for insertinga shouldered stud. Fig. 2 is a section through thedevice, showing the mechanism and key in position When the de- Fig. 3 isa section through the device, showing the mechanism and key in positionwhen the shouldered stud is released from the device. Fig. 4 is asimilar section showing the mechanism in position when the shoulderedstud is inserted while the key is removed. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 aresections on the lines 5 5, 6 6, and 7 7 of Figs. 2, 3, and 4t,respectively; and Fig. 8 shows in elevation and plan a shouldered studadapted to be sewed onto a garment.

Referring now to the drawings for a further description of my invention,A is a housing, composed of a back plate a and a box a', removablyfastened to the back plate a by any suitable means. rlhis housing ,maybe fastened to a wall, closet, or clothes-rack by screws a2, or anyother preferred fastening may be used. On the back plate a stubs b areprovided to allow two clamping-cheeks b' and b2 to slide in properdirection. These clamping-cheeks are bent at b3 and b4, so as to lieclose to the front plate of the box d', and are cut out and beveled atb5 to permit a stud s, sewed or otherwise fastened to a garment, to beeasily inserted. A stud la for the hollow key lo is secured to the backplate a,

Serial No. 31,623. (No model.)

serving to guide the key, and r is a bent plate partly cut and securedalso to the back plate a for the purpose of retaining the key' whenturned. In the shank of the key is cut a groove k2, into which a plate7c3, secured to a lever c, may enter in order to lock the key in thedevice, as will be more fully described. The lever e is pivoted to theback plate d and hinged at c to the clamping-cheek b', the upper end ofthis lever e being adapted to be engaged by the beard 7c* of the key 7c.The clamping-cheek b2 is provided with an ext-ension b, with which thebeard 7a4 of the key lt" may come into contact. A spring p is providedfor each of the cla1nping-cheeks b and b2 to force the bent portions b3and b4 toward each other.

The operation and use of the device are as follows: A garment beingprovided with a shouldered stud s, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, may besecured to the device by inserting a stud in the opening a3 of the boxa. This will force the clamping-cheeks b and b2 against the pressure ofthe springs p apart, and the portions b3 and b4 engage the thin portionof the stud s, holding the latter firmly in place. (See Fig. Ll.) lnthis position the plate 71:3 disengages the groove 702 of the key la andthe latter may be withd rawn from the device.

lf the garment is to be taken from the device, the key is inserted inthe keyhole and turned, the beard 7a4 engaging the extension h6 and theupper part of the lever e, Fig. 3, forcing the clamping-cheeks apart, sothat the stud s or garment ina-y be withdrawn. The cheeks b and b2,through the pressure of the springs p, will then assume the positionshownin Figs. l and 2, and the plate las will engage the groove 7a2 ofthe key lo', which may be turned, but cannot be withdrawn from thedevice.

Having thus described the nature and ob'- jects of my invention, what lclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A device for the purposes specitied,coimpris ing a housing, twoclampingecheeks, springs therefor, a key for operating said cheeks, alever hinged to one of said cheeks and pivot ed to said housing, agroove in said key, a

plate on said lever adapted to enterl said hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witgloove when the cheeks are closed audio nesses. Wlt-hdrawfrom the groove when the cheeks WILHELM SOHALLER.

' are separated, in combination with a, shoulz poses set forth.

ERNST BING,

dared stud, substantially as and for the pul'- i WVibuesses:

1 GEORG DAUNCUBERY.

In Witness-whereof I have hereunto seb my

